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A magazine devoted to the study of Horatio Alger, Jr.,
his life, works, and influence on the culture of America.
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VOLUME XXV I
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SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1989
Site
NUMBER 2
of 19Bg Convention Open House,
May 5, 1989
felr Tolrul/p, Oca, lil,lEra,
Residence
of
I'li'l
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and
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From the Editor
N
Et,IS BO Y
CONTR I BUT IONS
Thanks
to the following for
I pull together the information for this issue. I realize
just how supportive the Newsboy readers have been to keep the
membership informed and supplied with interesting Alger
As
JAMES LOlllE PF-668
I^IALLACE PALMER PF-612
JIM
with President George 0wens was to serve as an
interm editor until a permanent editor was found - that was
one year ago.
to the Society:
BERNIE BIBERDORF PF-524
materi al .
My agreement
Donations
Thank y.ou again
THORP PF-574
for your continued support of the Horatio
Aiger Society.
Despite the fact that I am gainfully employed in what seems
be two full-time jobs - teaching in a secondary school for
substance abuse and at-risk young people aged 18-21, as well
as managing an antiquarian and rare bookstore here in Huston.
I have enjoyed hearing from land in those rare minutes when I
have timel responding to you. Thank you all for your help
to
and'
I
continuing contributions.
hope
you like the new format.
Executive Secretary Car'l
will serve the
society well. Let us know how you like it ... Your imput is
Hartmann found
a layout,/printing person who
so very important.
editor grows short, think about yo'.lr wishes for
the Society and for the NE''lsBoY '
As my time as
Best ,,i shes,
Jim
Ryberg
Rohima I'lal
ter
MEMBERSHIP RENEtiAL
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220 l,lelcome l,laY,
Indianapolis,
Apt.
IN
1100
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to
have You back Floydl
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2-Chome
Yokohama
Naka-ku,
Kanagawa, JAPAN 231
Brad Chase, Tracy Catledge
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HORATIO IN OHIO
CONTINUED FROM JULY-AUGUST iSSUE:
ANNUAL B00K
For
SALE, reported by
Bill
McCord, PF-360.
years, the Horatio Alger Society convention has
featured a book saie and 1989 was no exception; however, most
of the visitors agreed that this one was the most outstanding
sa'les
many
to date.
There were at least twenty book stalls. Some were manned
by non-members who had been invited to the convention. Although there were a number of Algers, there were many, many
other boys books on sale: Fitzhugh, Appleton, Dixon,Optics
and a number of other authors were well represented on the
tabl es.
Sales appeared
to
be brisk despite
the fact that
there
had been considerable horsetrading prior to the formal trade,
and most buyers seemed satisfied with their finds.
The house has been restored as close as
possible to its
original condition using identical colors and
hand-made
wallpapers duplicated by using surviving detailed notes and
comments left by Mr. l,lorthington. Efforts have been made
to obtain originai furniture at least furnishings of 1820
vintage. tle toured the many interesting rooms upstairs and
down and enjoyed such unusual features as the door-windows
and revolving cupboards.
Many
of the
more energetic inspected
the huge reconstruct-
ed barn and other out buildings. Several of us had our
pictures taken with Mt. Logan, and the si,oe scene that
inspired the Great Seal of 0hio, as our background. As our
bus had been, retrieved from the mud, we boarded and were
transported the mile or two to the
Mound
City
Group National
Monument.
This
member
picked up two Fitzhughs and two Websters
as
well as Ralph Gardner's latest production. Owen Cobb found
some American Boys vintage of the twenties - and generously
[as always] gave me one containing an Eliis Parker Butler
story within its tattered covers.
.VhuppyBiII
sti l1 on the traiI of Stratemeyers, seemed
with his acquisitions. Bob Sawyer parted with more SUN
series to the delight of a number of buyers. Tracy Catledge
Ia 1990 Presidentiai candidate] was busily amassing a little
bit of everything. He ended up with four large boxes to be
shipped to the Sunshine State, courtesy of Bob Sawyer. '
Gowen,
Regrettably, Paul
buy on
the'LMS
Mi1ler kept turning
down an excel
lent
0F OUR REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS".
The formal sale began at 8 A.M. and lasted a good three
hours. In addition to the buying, socializing, renewing old
acquaintances,
tales, tail
and friendships, and of
course, swapping
and otherwise.
CITY T0UR, reported by Dick Durnbaugh, PF-530
Under threatening skies at 1 P.M,, on Saturday, May 6th.,
23 hardy conventioneers boarded our Convention Bureau bus,
piloted again by Jerry Detty. Soon we were winding our way
up the steep driveway of Adena Plantation, now a State
This is a 13 acre Indian Burial ground dating from the
BC to 500 AD. It originally consisted probably
of 23 or 24 mounds, most of which have been damaged or destroyed over the years. Several have been reconstructed.
period of 200
Ranger Elizabeth Houserman, gave us an informative introducmodest museum, answered our questions, and con-
tion to the
ducted a walking tour
The museum has
of several of the mounds.
only a few original relics
showed
of Fruit Hi11 about two miles due west of
the Holiday Inn. Adena was the home of Thomas tJorthington,
0hio's first u. S. Senator and it's sixth Governor.
After getting our bus stuck in the mud trying to turn
around, we deserted Jerry Detty, the bus driver, and entered
the house where we were greeted by Mary Ann Brown, our most
gracious and knowledgeable guide. She informed us that
Adena was an ancjent Hebrew word meaning Paradise, that its
first name had been Mt. Prospect Hall, that it was started in
1802 and completed in 1807. Mr l^lorthington wore many hats in
his brief 54 year lifetime, but cla.imed to be a farmer as he
owned some 22.000
acres in the Chillicothe area.
because
no
[,le reboarded our bus for the last time, were returned
our motel, where we debussed, tired,
but wjth a greater appreciation for and an increased knowIedge of those who have gone before.
the short distance to
ADENA,AND MOUND
Memorial, on top
'in it
interest, so most of them were sold
to a British museum. One mound, the "Mica Grave Mound" has
been cut away and the opening covered with glass so you can
see what the interior originally looked like. Southern 0hio
has many of these mound burial areas, each one with its own
unique characteri stics.
our Smithsonian
ANNUAL BANQUET,
reported by
lliI1 t'lright,
PF-639.
Saturday evening, May 6th., the Hospitality Room remained
open unti l the Kentucky Derby Race was over. The race was
Iate starting, so the entjre evenings program was rescheduled
about one-half hour late.
Following the Kentucky Derby, our conventioneers assembled in the Holiday Inn Mt. Logan Banquet Room for a social
peri od. Background mus i c was pl ayed by Dai l as and Dee
[t,Jright] l.Jarner on the organ and piano. Chad Morris, a grandson of fliil t,lright, made his first public appearance by
playing the drums accompanying the [,larner's.
Our hostess,
Carnation, which
Nel I liright presented each Iady with a Red
is the State Flower of Ohio.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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FROM PAGE 3
The invocation was given at 6:30 P.M. by Brad Chase.
Following which we enjoyed a bountifu1 buffet. Foilowing the
majn course, while some were finishing eating and during
desert, small booklets were passed out to each person. The
title of the booklet was "Books That Almost lllere", by Dee
Warner. Dee had made cartoon drawings illustrating "Bogus
Titles" which sound Iike or had the appearance of real
Titles. The fun was trying to guess the real titles.
It was interesting to hear chuckles from different parts of
Alger
the dinning
room as
the
given by "Dee" Iater
in
pages were turned. The answers were
the program.
Following the mea'|, President George Owens introduced the
Head Table. Awards were presented as follows:
The "Newsboy" Award was presented to Bob Royar, and was
presented by Gene Hafner.
The "President's" Award was presented
to
Bob
llilliman,
and
!,as presented by George Owens.
The "Luck and PIuck" Award was presented to George 0wens,
and was presented by Bill McCord.
The "Rjchard Seddon" Award was presented to Bob Sawyer,
and was presented by Ralph Gardner.
The '0ld Slow But Sure" Award was presented to George
0wens, and was presented by Tracy Catiedge.
for his candicacy
Society in 1990.
Tracy Catledge gave a rousing speech
for the
Presidency
of the Horatio Alger
George owens then introduced a
surprise guest, "Sara Jane
Sti'llwell", IPlayed by Nell HrightJ. Sara Jane, dressed in
an old fashioned bonnet and a black and white checkered
apron, told about growin' up with her l.lillie, and lli'llie's
Alger Books. She told of liillie ride'n his mule, Silver, to
the Horatio Alger Convention in Ada, oklahoma, last year, and
how Jerry Friedland and Silver tried to see which one could
bray the loudest. George 0wens had to settle both of them
down. Sara Jane told how she 'ierntr her tJillie to read by
using Horatio Alger Books after t'lillie was seventy years old.
I,lhen Sara Jane saw tli|lie coming toward her, she ran to h.im
to introduce him to everyone. tJillie presented Sara Jane
with a bouquet of roses.
.The banquet part of the convention then adjourned and
seating was rearranged for the Annual Auction.
ANNUAL AUCTION,
Saturday, May
6,8:00
P.M.
POSTSCRI PTS
Nell and I enjoyed being your Hosts for',Horatio in Ohio,
'89", and hope to see everyone next year in Catskill, New
York - I'li1| tlright.
If there had been a vote taken, it would have been
in expressing appreciation to l,lill !lr.ight for an Al
Convention in'89. It will be a hard act to follow, but I
intend to make every effort for Catskill jn,90 - Bill McCord.
REGISTRAT]ON
,HORATIO
MqUqESq
Resistered, Paid and present.
1. Hubert B. Alley, Jr.
2. Bernard A. Biberdorf
3. Thomas F. Brady, Jr.
4. Tracy M. Catledge
5. Bradford S. Chase
6. Mary Elizabeth Cobb
7. 0wen R. Cobb
8. Glen S. Corcoran
9. Christine DeHaan
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Richard E. Durnbaugh
Milton F. Ehlert
Jerry B. Friedland
Ralph D. Gardner
tliiIiam R. Gowan
Hank Gravbelle
Eugene H. Hafner
17. John R. Juvinall
18. Gilbert M. Kapelman
19. Robert E. Kasper
20.
21.
22.
23.
James A. Lantz
Edward T. LeBlanc
U111iam A. Leitner
Edward C. Mattson
Ivan J. McCormick
24.
25. tli1Iiam J. McCord
26. Neil J. McCormick
27. Paul F. Miiler
28. GiIbert 0'Gara
29
.
George l,l. 0wens
30. llalIace Palmer
31. Richard L. Pope
32. Jack U. Row
33. t,lill iam D. Russel I
34. Robert E. Sawyer
35. Florence 0. Schneli
36. John B. Schnell
37. Percy H. Seamans
38. Ann Sharrard
39.
40
.
NinaJ.Tegarden
Da'le E. Thomas
David [,l.Thornton
41.
42. David K. Vaughn
43. Rohima !,lalter,
44. Gilbert K. tlestgard,III
45. Clyde E. l.lillis
46. t{i 1l i am R. }lnight
MEMBERS
IN OHIO" '89
PF-835
PF-524
PF-836
PF-507
PF-438
PF-819
PF-473
PF-339
PF-773
PF-530
PF-702
PF-376
PF-053
PF-706
PF-584
PF-175
PF-537
PF-544
PF-327
PF-824
PF-015
PF-381
PF-067
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ington llV
Indianapolis IN
Hunt
Gearhart,
0R
Casselberry,
Enfield, CT
Cherry
Cherry
Hil1,
Hiil,
liilmette,
Wayland,
Holly,
L
NJ
NJ
IL
MI
MI
Grand Rapids,
MI
Monsey,NY
Ner*
York,
NY
Mundelin, IL
Redondo Beach,
Timonium,
CA
MD
Hinsdale, iL
New Canaan,
t4edia,
CT
PA
Lancaster,0hio
Fail River,
MA
Coconut Creek, FL
Towson, MD
Varna, Ont.,Canada
Catskill,
Madi
NY
l,ll
0h'io
Vienna,
Des Moines, IA
Palmyra, VA
independence,
Corning,
M0
NY
Tampa, FL
Hatboro,
PA
Col umbus, 0H
Seaford,
DE
Silver Spring, MD
Lake Delton, lll
Gainsville, FL
Glendale,0hio
Garfield Heights,0hio
Concord, CA
Beavercreek, Ohio
LaFayette,
IN
Boynton Beach, FL
Westervil le, 0hio
Chillicothe, 0hio
Registered, paid, unable to attend.
Robert S. Brooks
Evelyn M. Grebei
D. James Ryberg
V
son,
unanimous
1.
2.
3.
f/
PF-829 Evanston, IL
PF-318 Abi Iene, TX
PF-533 Houston, TX
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FROM PAGE 4
I
FAMILY OF
MEMBERS
i. Marcene M. Biberdorf
2. Mike Conklin
3. Lorraine Corcoran
4. Marie Dehaan
5. Shirley A. Durnbaugh
6. Carol EhIert
. 7. Elaine R. Gravbelle
\--8. E. t,lynone Hafner
9. Kathy Kel ler
10. Eileen I,l.
11,
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
Lantz
Florence A. LeBlanc
Sarah Lynch
Margaret McClymont
Ruth tl. Mi1Ier
Chad E. Morris
Jackie Pope
Judy C. Queen
18. Beth
ll
.
Row
i9. George F. Sharrard
20. Barb Sprik
21. Fred[,l. Tegarden
22. tlary Ellen Thomas
23. Charles Tschetter
24. Jill L. Tschetter
25. Mary Jo Tschetter
\-,26. John Haiter
27 , Dal las J. l,Jarner
28. Dolores A. tJarner
29. Jeanne l,Jillis
30. Nel l M. !,lright
31
.
32.
Stephen E. l,lri ght
Susan I'lri ght
GUESTS
INot
member
1. tlalter E. Albert
2. David Farah
3. Bonnie J. Flanagan
4. Gordon i.l. Huber
5. Jeanne M. Huber
6. Robert G. Huber
7. Doris E. Piccus
8. Vaido E. Piccus
Registered, paid and present.
of Bernie Biberdorf
of i I t.lri ght
of Glenn Cocran
Daughter of Chris DeHaan
Spouse of Dick Durnbaugh
Spouse of Milt Ehlert
Spouse of Hank Gravbelle
Spouse of Gene Hafner
Frjend of lli1l !'lright
Spouse of Jim Lantz
Spouse of Eddie LeBlanc
Grandaughter of l,li I I Llri ght
Spouse of Ivan McClymont
Spouse of Paul Miller
Grandson of tliII Uright
Spouse of Dick Pope
Daughter of tliII t.lright
Spouse
Fri end
Spouse
l,,l
1
Spouse ofJack Row
Spouse of Ann Sharrard
of Chris DeHaan
Spouse of Nina Tegarden
Spouse of Dale Thomas
PAGE
Fall River.
Massachusetts;
Grand Rapids, Harper, Hol1y, Moiine
from Michigan;
and tlayland.
I
from Missouri;
2 from New Jersey;
5 from New York;
Cherry Hil1.
Catskill, Corning, Monsey, and
26 from 0hio;
York.
Beaver Creek, Chi
I
ndependence .
Cuyahoga
Glendale, Lancaster,
Mayf
Son-in-l aw ofGlen Corcoran
Grandaughter of GIenn Corcoran
Daughter of Glenn Corcoran
Spouse
1
6
from 0regon;
from Pennsylvania;
Gearh
art.
Hatboro, Mainesburg, Media
of
Rohima
2
from Texas;
I from Virginia;
I from t"lest Virginia
2
2
Pai myra.
Hunti ngton.
Lake Delton and Madison.
from Wisconsin;
from Canada;
Varna,0ntario.
TOTAL REGISTERED
89 from 21 States
of the U.S.A. and from I Province of
Sara Jane Stillwell, a waik-in from Knockemstiff, Spouse of
l.{iIIie. ISara Jane learn't lli1lie to read using Horatio AIger
Books.l Sara Jane was portrayed'by Nell Wright.
l,lalter
relatedl Registered, Paid and present.
Pi
ttsburg,
PA
Harper Woods,
Mainsburg,
MI
PA
Cuyahoga Fai l s, 0HI0
Cuyahoga Fal I s, 0HI0
Indianapolis,
Mainsburg,
Mainsburg,
IN
PA
PA
Concord and Redondo Beach.
F
from
Illinois;
q
from indiana;
Endfieid and New Canaan,
Seaford.
Boyton Beach, Caselbery, Coconut
Creek, Gainesviile and Tampa.
Hinsdale, Mundelin and i',lilmette.
Evanston, Indi anapol i s and
LaFayette.
7
1
2
4
Florida;
from lowa;
from Kentucky;
from Maryland;
Canada.
NOT REG]STERED
of !Ji11 t,iright
Daughter of Llill l.lright
Spouse of Clyde Willis
Spouse of Wi1I Llright
Son of lliII tJright
Daughter-in-1aw of tli1l tlright
Connecticut;
Deleware;
and
ttsburg.
Abilene and Houston.
Pi
Son-in-law
California;
1
ield
ViIIage, Vienna and l,lesterviI1e.
Mother
from
from
from
from
2
New
llicothe, Columbus,
Falls, Garfield Heights,
SUMMARY
3
5
DesMoi
nes,
LouisviIle.
S,ilver Springs, Timonium and Towson.
Bi I
1 McCord,
Bi
l'l
Gowen, Ed LeB'l anc
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N EI^1S BO Y
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Jim:
Below
1974 and
still
Dear Jim,
I want you to know how del i ghted I am wi th the NE|,,JSB0Y
since you have taken over, Even my wife has started to read
it againl Everyone I've ta'lked to feels the same way. congradulations on an exceilent job!
I thought you might want to be kept up to date on preparations for the 1990 Convention.
Dates: May 3,4,and 5,1990.
Location: Catskill Motor Lodge at Exit 21, New York
State Thruway, Catskill, N.Y. Phone [518]
943-5800
Forty rooms will be held
until April 15, 1990 for
of H.A.S. members.
Prices: Double [2 persons] $41.00 per night
Double [4 personsJ $51.00 per night
Single [1 personJ $39.00 per night
the
use
Convention receptjonist
Thursday, May 3rd.
will
be there
at 2
P.M.
on
I
is
a
list of the results of Annual
hope you and
Auctions since
members might be interested. I'm
in the Newsboy! Keep up the good
the
enjoying the reading
!
work.
Sincerely
Dale Thomas PF-31-r
1974
1975
Dan Ful ler
Les Poste
1976. Gil
!,lestgard
1977 Dick Seddon
1978 Jack Bales
L979 Dale Thomas
1980 Brad Chase
1981 Bob t,,li I I iman
1982 Bill Russell
1983 Bob Sawyer
1984 Jim Thorpe
1985 Gi I l,Jestgard
1986 Jim Ryberg
1987 George 0wens
19Bg Frank Jaques
1989 Will Wright
New Phi 1 adel phi
Genesseo
Chicago, IL
Boston , l4A
a
$
450.00 Apprx.
652.00
1400 .00
IL
Cleveland,0hio
Enfield, CT
Bowie, l4D
Wi l I ow Grove, PA
Columbus,0hio
Nashua, NH
Boynton Beach, FL
Houston, TX
Charlottesville, VA
Ada, 0K
Chiiicothe,0hio
Jacksonville,
207.00
1526.00
i919.00
2306.00
2899.00
2688.00
2864.00
2782.00 Apprx.
1200.00
2240.00
1900.00
1078.00
1284.00
$27 ,427 .00
v
Reservations: wil'l be made directly with the motel.
Motel wiII expect one nights prepayment with the
reservation.
Reservation
There
is
much
fee:
Dear Jim,
$40.00 per person.
of interest in the Catskills for the
book
'lover, antique buff and history enthusiast. l,Jithin 45 minutes
'is Hyde Park and the FDR Estate and Library IPaul l"liller,take
note!1. The Vanderbilt Mansion is about a mile from the FDR
site.
Just across the Hudson River from the Catskill is the
of Frederick Church, Hudson Valley School Artist "0lana"
Church's home, is open to the public and affords a magnificent view of the Hudson and the Catski lls, Another artist
Thomas Cole, lived just across the street from our home in
Catskill. Also within a short drive is Martin Van Buren's
home, Montgomery Place Imansion built by Janet Livingston
Montgomery, widow of the Revolutionary l,lar hero, General
home
Richard Montgomery, as welI as C'lermont, Robert Fu]ton's
home
Short note to say Hello and enclose a short article
"AIger",
Some
of
of
Tom
51ade, Roy Blackely and
James Fenimore
Cooper's
I fol iow.
Harris.
in the
is a local tradition.
scenes took place
area, and Rip Van Winkle's famous sleep
More wi l
Pee[,Jee
BiII
Regards,
McCord PF-360
you enjoy
on
it.
Just finished reading Newsboy and find it Terrific. t^lill
go over it again on another day as I'm heading off for work.
Glad you mentioned new member in it from lt4ass. as I must look
them up seeing they are only a few miles from me. Again l^lei l
Done
!
A5 Always,
Don
Choate, PF-608
IEditor:
for the cl ipping from the Middlesex News,
22, 1989. The leading paragraph in an article
entitled, "Long Hours Pay Off", by John Cunniff of the
Associated Press starts off:
Thank you
Sunday, 0ctober
youthful ambitions were
Horatio Alger might not
find much news in this story...."
"Those whose
nourished by
For book 'lovers, Fitzhugh fans no doubt know that Catskill, Temple Camp, Black Lake and Leeds are the locales for
many escapades
Hope
Algeris still remembered by some, but an article
Houston Chronicle, March 20,1989, carries a statement
Horatio
in the
by Dallas City Councilman Al Lipscomb which says:
"lf there was ever anyone in the world
with the Booker T.
idea of picking yourself
Uho went
Washington
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"AN AFFAIR 0F H0N0R" t^lho was
By Jim Ryberg
PAGE 11
An Affair of Honor
the Author?
"Honor
The foliowing short story "An Affair of Honor", was
publ ished anonymously in Harper's New Monthly Magazine,
Volume 18, December,1858. Although the story was published
without an authorrs name, Horatio Alger, Jr. has been
identified as the writer.
How, one asks, can an anonymous
author?
story be attributed to a partjcular
\-
The records
of the publisher or the author himself
serve
as the primary source of information.
records.do not provide the
However, if those
information needed, the researcher
itself for clues. "An Affair of Honor"
contains certain patterns cr motifs which are so typica'l of
Alger that their is little room for doubt as to who the
author really is.
examines the work
First, we have the frequently used boarding house
settings. The one in this story is not unlike the one in The
Disagreeable l,{oman written by AIger in 1895. Second, we
find a newsboy who sells our narrator the newspaper which
advertises the boat departing for Havana. Alger's writing
and newsboys are almost universaily pajred. Third, we see
Algerrs traditional use of sarcasm when describing Sophronia
and Mrs. Jones.
A
researcher attempting to prove authorship could cite
I ,umerous examples of devices often used by an author, of
Vdescriptive patterns and of 1inguistic structures found in
many works by the same writer. Such are the methods used in
to determine authorship of certain anonymously
works. As you read "An Affair of Honor", do some
attempting
published
detective work yourself.
is the
subject of my story"
For five-and-forty years i have borne the name of Peter
Smith. Though you have never heard of me I flatter myself
that my family name will be familiar to you. I am quiet in
my habits, and, I believe, not disposed to interfere with the
rights of other men; yet even this did not avail to save me
some ten years since from becoming involved in an affair of
honor. Let me tell you how it happened.
At the time of which I speak I was an inmate of Mrs.
Jone's family. I use the word inmate advisedly, since it was
well known that Mrs. Jones never took boarders. In fact she
expressly gave me to understand that her only inducement in
taking me was the pleasure she expected to derive from my
society-that she was far above mercenary considerations. 0f
course I felt flattered by the compliment thus insinuated,
though I confess t was somewhat surprised, since a]'l
mercenary considerations were disclaimed, to be charged a
higher rate for board than I had ever before paid. Still I
did not demur, feeling certain that I had at length found a
home.
iet me describe Mrs. Jones, my hostess. Physically
I should say that she came of a great family her
proportions being most aristocratic. In her demeanor toward
speaking,
me she was always very gracious and condescending, for which
I felt properiy grateful. She always came to the table
arrayed in a stiff satin, the very rustle of which betrayed
her consequence, and impressed me r,rith a sense of my
comparative insi gnificance.
Mrs. Jones had .a daughter, by name Sophronia. tn
externai appearance she was quite unlike her parent, being
exceedingly tall and slender, while the latter was short and
dumpy. In a copy of verses which she was kind enough to show
enthusiastic young man had the temerity to call her
me some
sylph. I do not know much about sylphs never having seen one
to my knowledge; but I question very much whether sylphs have
red hair or noses with an upward tendency. I have my doubts
also as to whether sylphs squint. Still I am far from
denying that Miss Sophronia Jones was a sylph, since that
belief evidently afforded her satisfaction.
Mrs. Jones's table was admirably adapted for a valetudinarian. There he would find no dishes of unwholesome richness-nothing, indeed, that was calculated to induce excess in
eating. If, as some physicians have declared, health is best
preserved by always rising from the table with an appetite,
I was never in a fairer way to secure its blessing than when
enjoying the genteel insufficiency of Mrs. Jones's
hospi
tal i ty
.
About a month after my arrival, conversation turned, at
the dinner-table, upon a concert r,,,hich was to be given the
same evening by Signora Filfalini. i have a poor memory for
Italian names, but that is the name to the best of my recolI
ecti on.
"I
wish
I
could go, Ma," said the
"So you cou1d, my
fajr
Sophronia.
dear," replied Mrs. Jones,
a gentleman protector."
',If you had
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An Affair of Honor
"116," 5aid she, very
FROM PAGE 11
It was intentional. I
she began to disclaim against the customs of
society which preclude a lady's attending a place of
amusement without a gentleman, lamenting that Sophronia had,
on this account, been more than once debarred from gratifying
her exquisite taste in music.
0f course I could not, in politeness, refrain from offering my escort, although I should thereby be prevented from
attending the weekly meeting of the club of which I am a
name. "
Thereupon
member.
Sophronia,
of troubling
in great confusion, said
she
could not think
me.
I began to hope that she would not; but her mother
quietly silenced her scruples by saying that she was a silly
gir'l [thirty-five if she,s a day], and that she must not
think of refusing.
Sophronia made no further objections, and I had the
pleasure of paying a high price for a couple of tickets.
Nature not having bestowed on me a musical ear, I could
enter but indifferently into the raptures of my companion,
who pronounced Signora Falfal ini,s singing divine, although
she considered her quite devoid of personal attractions. The
Signora being built after the same model as Sophronia, I
quite agreed with her in this last bit of criticism.
"Do you know," simpered my companion, confidingly, ,,1
have myself thought at times that I was designed by Nature
for a prima donna or an opera singer like Signora Falfalini?,,
"Then why did you not become one?,, I inquired.
"Because ma had such an objection to any thing of a
pubiic character. She felt that I should be demeaned by so
doing, and advised me to content myself with contributing to
the gratification of my friends at home. you have never
heard me sing, I think?"
I had at times heard a shrill voice in a very high key,
as I sat in my room, which had struck me as far from agreeable. I thought it best, however, without mention.ing this,
to utter a simple negative.
"You must not expect much,,, continued Sophron.ia, ,' my
voice is wild and uncultivated. Ma is always telling me that
i ought to devote more attention to it; but I can never sing
except when the inspiration seizes me. If you w.ill come jn
to-morrow evening I will sing for you if you would like."
I expressed my thanks for this disinterested kindness,
and, as the concert was now fjnished, proceeded to escort the
lady
home.
As we were making our way through the crowd, it chanced
that some one, accidentally or otherwise, jostled my
compan i on .
She irmediately sei.zed my arm corlvulsively and jnformed
that she had been insulted.
"blho did jt?" stanmered I, for I confess my courage .is
not of the highest order.
In reply Sophronia pointed out a tall gent'leman with a
very fierce mustache, who was standing at a Iittle distance.
Mentally deciding that it might not be prudent to have an
altercation with such a person, I hastened to assure my
companion that it must have been an accident.
me
decidedly. "lt was not an accident.
wish you to demand an apology in my
"Don't you think it would be better," said I, in great
embarrassment, "to treat him with silent contempt?"
Sophronia was no means of this opinion.
Accordingly I approached the gentleman, who appeared
still more formidable on a nearer view, and asked-in what w;
intended to be a resolute tone-"what he ment by insuiting th\z
lady under my charge."
"Sir-r-r," he ejaculated, whee'ling sharply around.
I repeated my request in a fainter tone, and suggested
that I trusted it was accidentai on his part.
Stroking his mustache very fiercely he informed me that
he had no explanatjons to make -that if I wished to hear from
him at any time I should have an opportunity, and forthwith
presented me his card.
Without stopping to look at it I slunk
away
in the
crowd
and soon reached home.
My companion
intimated that she supposed
I should
seek
satisfaction in the usual way.
I
said something
indistinctly--l am not sure exactly what
of the fair Sophronia in the
-and very thankfully took leave
entry.
Reaching my chamber, I examined the card which had been
placed in my hand, and found inscribed thereon the name o'
Captain Achilles Brown, Astor House. Very probably he wr ,
distinguished by the same qualities which characterized his
great
namesake, and
it
made me
with him. Resolving that
I
I
shiver to think of a conflict
would at least take every poswent to bed and sank into a slumdreams, in which I fancied myself
means to avoid it,
ber disturbed by frightful
shot through the heart by the terrible Achilles Brown.
Early next morning, while in the momentary expectation of
sible
hearing the breakfast-bell, I was startled by a knock on the
door. Irrnediately afterward entered a tall man, "bearded
like a pard." He introduced himself to me as a cousin of
Sophronia, and intimated that, having heard of my difficulty
of the previous evening, he had come to offer his services as
my second.
yet,
Thanking him for his kindness,
decided
I
said that
I
had
not,
as
to cali out the
gent'leman in question.
decided!" repeated my visitor, springing
to his
"Not yet
feet,.causing me thereby to recede two paces, in some
personal apprehension; "not yet decided! But perhaps I do
not understand you."
I intimated, rather uncomfortably, that I had conscientious scruples against the practice of the duello.
"Conscientious fiddlesticksl" interrupted my visitor.
"Sir, you must fight. There is no alternative. A lady has
been insulted while under your protection. That lady is my
cousin. Unless you take notice of it, I must."
"l shall be very glad to have yoU," said I, eagerly,
thinking to shift the duel upon h'im.
"You misunderstand r€," said he, gravely. "Unless you
challenge Captain Brown, I shall understand it as a personal
disrespect to my cousin, and shall challenge you. Choose
which of us you will fight."
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An Affair of Honor
FROM PAGE 12
This
was said so
resolutely that
I
succumbed
I
.incurred
reflected that, while there was equal danger to be
'in a duel with my visitor, there woujd be Iess credit.
"Shall I write the missive?" inquired my companion,
.v---
He
sat
who
I, faintly.
down
at
my desk, and
in a few minutes produced the
TOt tOWlng:
"Sir,-You grossly insulted a young Iady, while under my
protection, last evening. As a man of honor, I call upon you
either for an ample apology, or for the usual satisfaction
accorded in such cases. I send this by Lieutenant Eustace,
who is authorized to act as my friend. yours, etc.,
Peter
Smith. "Captain Achilles
donrt
know much
I
about h.im,,, said my friend;
,,But
sufficient. "
"But I shall not," was the Lieutenant's emphatic reply.
There was no more to be said. He departed w.ith his
missive; and
I
left'i
n no very enviable frame of mind.
Two hours after, the Lieutenant returned in h.igh spirits.
"Has he apologized?,, I .inquired, eagerly.
"Not a bit of it," was the reply. ,'He vows that he wilI
shed the
v,,as
Iast drop of hjs biood first.
"tJhat
reflection.
a
sanguinary monster he must bel,, was my internal
"The meeting
is
appointed
for
to-morrow morning,
an
hour
before sunrise," resumed the Lieutenant. ',lt is to take
place at Hoboken: weapons, pistois; distance, f,ifteen paces.',
"Isn't that rather near?', I ventured to remark.
"Near? 0f course, you want it near. you will be more
Iikely to hit your man.,,
"And he will be more likely to hit me,,,I rejoined.
"0f course," was the careless reply. ,,you must take your
chance of that.,,
I could not help wondering whether he would be so cool
about it if he were the principal, and I the second. In fact,
I have always observed that seconds are much more scrupuious
about the honor of their principals than they are disposed to
be about their own. i suppose it is human nature. I think
'it altogether likely that I should make a very fjerce second.
"I supposed you are used to pistols?,, remarked my friend.
Used to pistols! I remember once having fired one as a
boy to the imminent danger of my I jtt'le sister,s I ife. Since
then I have not had one in my hands.
As I strolled out into the streets in an unhappy frame of
mind, a newsboy thrust into my hand a daily paper which I
mechanically bought. Glancing over the columns I observed
that a boat was advertjsed as about to start that day for
Havana.
l.Iith new-born alacrity I immediately repaired to the boat
and demanded to see the agent. He informed me that the boat
would pos'itively start at the houLindicated.
I asked to see the list of passengers.
Running my eyes casually down the
qu'ickly
as they
fel
possible that
l upon the last
"tlhen did
this
gentleman book
his
list
my
heart
beat
it
be
name. Could
my dreaded opponent Captain
secured passage! l,lhat could be his motive?
name
Achilles
Brown had
as a passenger?"
1
red.
"Not half an hour since."
"Did he gnderstand that the boat started today?"
"Yes; he made particular inquiries on that point."
"tJil1 you describe him to me? Is he tal1?"
,,yes, quite s0.,,
i nqui
I
"Suppose," said I, in a tremulous voice, ,,you erase the
word 'amp1e' before 'apo1ogy., I shal l consider any apology
to be shot--a result which the state
of practice with the pistol rendered
altogether probable.
inquired as to
presume he is a regular fireeater.,,
This was satisfactory--very.
V
my nerves and my want
Brown.,,
Having signed this, with some misgivings,
the character of this Captajn Brown.
"I
Cuba than remain behind
of
cal Ied himself Lieutenant Eustace.
"Yes said
of departure was four in the afternoon. A sudden
thought struck me. Would it not be much better to embark for
The hour
at once.
"And has a biack mustache?"
"Yes."
"A dark complexion, and wears a large cloak?"
"Precisely. You know him, then?'f
"very slightly," said I, carelessly. "By-the-way, I
donrt think I shall be able to get away for a week. I won't
engage to-day."
"lle would give you good acconnodations."
"No doubt of that. 0n the whole, you needn't ment'ion to
Captain Brown that any body inquired for him."
My heart bounded with exultation as with some difficulty
I realized that my opponent, whom I dreaded so much, was
about to leave the country from fear of encountering me,
l,lhat a joke that was! I laughed all the way home, though
I endeavored to preserve my gravity. 0n the way I purchased
a brace of pistols, which I obstentatiously displayed on
reaching my boarding-pi ace.
"To think you should risk your iife for me," simpered the
fair
Sophronia.
"Miss Sophronia," said I, with suitable fierceness ,,no
one shall with impunity insult a lady while under my protection."
During a portion of the afternoon I practiced shoot.ing at
a mark, and was never more lively than at the tea-table.
Lieutenant Eustace, who was present, seemed considerably
surprised at the change in my demeanor, and was evidently
puzzled to account for it.
After tea I invited the company to witness my will, which
I had drawn up for the sake of producing and impress.ion. It
proved quite a master-stroke. I noticed that Lieutenant
Eustace treated me with increasing respect, while Sophron.ia
repeated severai times under her breath, but ioud enough for
me to hear, "Brave manl"
AII this I enjoyed, and took the opportunity to discourse
severely upon the sacredness of honor, in defense of which I
assereted that any man ought to be w.iliing to lay down his
l'i fe
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in
of the afternoon I had had the pleasure of
of the Ariel, with Captain Brown on
board. l,,hether this circumstance had any thing to do with
inspiring 'in me these elevated sentiments, I leave the reader
to judge.
The next morning at an early hour I proceeded to the
the course
witnessing the sailing
fie1d with
my second.
Captain Achilles Brown was nowhere to be seen!
I professed a great deal of dissapointment, and insisted
on waitinq three hours to allow him ampie time to appear. 0f
course jt was in vain. All, however, testified to the remarkable courage I displayed under the circumstances, and
tendered their congratulations, The affair even found its
way into the papers, and I found myself all at once elevated
Mary E'lizabeth and 0wen
Cobb
into a hero. I could not waik Broadway without being
furtively pointed out as the celebrated due'list. Among the
ladies, particularly, I became an object of great attention-a circumstance that may well excite surprise when it is
considered that my only claims to their regard lay in my
having been implicated in an affair which the moral sense of
the cormunity professes to condemn.
Soon afterward I Ieft my boarding-place to the great
regret of the fair Sophronia. I afterward learned that, had
I shown a rvhite feather, it was arranged that Lieutenant
Eustace should force me into marriage with his cousin on pain
of a duel with himself. The extraordinary show of courage
which I exhibited imposed upon him to such an extent that he
did not think it advisable to offer the alternative, least I
should accept the duel.
I
of Captain Achilles Brown since the
day on which he did me the service to sail for
Cuba, Had he possessed a Iittle more courage, I shudder to
think what might have been the result.
have heard nothing
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Florence Schnell,
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